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Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes.

From: The obesity paradox and hypoglycemia in critically ill patients

Variable

Reported

MIMIC-III

eICU

HiRID

AUMC

Cohort size

n

24,623

181,582

31,348

21,624

Admission type

%

    

Medical

Surgical

Other

 

63

36

1

82

16

2

NR

NR

NR

22

71

7

Age (years)

Median

(IQR)

66

(54–77)

65

(53–76)

65

(55–75)

65

(55–75)

Mortality

%

10.4

8.9

5.7*

9.8

Hospital LOS (days)

Median

(IQR)

8.09

(5.01–14.48)

5.60

(2.96–10.12)

NR

NR

ICU LOS

Median

(IQR)

2.78

(1.39–5.73)

1.69

(0.89–3.11)

1.00

(0.82–2.26)

1.08

(0.85–3.75)

Gender (male)

%

60

54

65

66

BMI group (kg/m2)

%

    

[0–18.5]

[18.5–25]

[25–30]

[30–35]

[35–40]

 > 40

 

3

31

34

18

7

6

4

30

29

18

9

9

2

44

37

13

4

1

7

48

26

14

4

1

SOFA score

Median (IQR)

    

Cardiovascular

CNS

Coagulation

Hepatic

Renal

Respiratory

Total

 

1 (1–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

1 (0–2)

4 (2–6)

1 (1–1)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

1 (0–2)

3 (1–6)

1 (1–4)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

3 (2–4)

6 (4–9)

3 (1–4)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

2 (2–3)

7 (5–9)

  1. BMI, body-mass index; CNS, central nervous system; IQR, interquartile range; LOS, length of stay; NR, not reported; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, evaluated at 24 h into ICU stay
  2. *ICU mortality reported for HiRID dataset